Parallel Verses English Standard Version My heritage has become to me like a lion in the forest; she has lifted up her voice against me; therefore I hate her. King James Bible Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it. American Standard Version My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest: she hath uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her. Douay-Rheims Bible My inheritance is become to me as a lion in the wood: is hath cried out against me, therefore have I hated it. English Revised Version Mine heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest: she hath uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her. Webster's Bible Translation My heritage is to me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it. Jeremiah 12:8 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament"Righteous art Thou, Jahveh, if I contend with Thee; yet will I plead with Thee in words. Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper, are all secure that deal faithlessly? Jeremiah 12:2. Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root; grow, yea, bring forth fruit. Near art Thou in their mouth, yet far from their reins. Jeremiah 12:3. But Thou, Jahveh, knowest me, seest me, and triest mine heart toward Thee. Tear them away like sheep to the slaughter, and devote them for a day of slaughter. Jeremiah 12:4. How long is the earth to mourn and the herb of the field to wither? For the wickedness of them that dwell therein, gone are cattle and fowl; for they say: He sees not our end. Jeremiah 12:5. If with the footmen thou didst run and they wearied thee, how couldst thou contend with the horses? and if thou trustest in the land of peace, how wilt thou do in the glory of Jordan? Jeremiah 12:6. For even thy brethren and they father's house, even they are faithless towards thee, yea, they call after thee with full voice. Believe them not, though they speak friendly to thee." The prophet's complaint begins by acknowledging: Thou art righteous, Lord, if I would dispute with Thee, i.e., would accuse Thee of injustice. I could convict Thee of no wrong; Thou wouldst appear righteous and prove Thyself in the right. Psalm 51:6; Job 9:2. With אך comes in a limitation: only he will speak pleas of right, maintain a suit with Jahveh, will set before Him something that seems incompatible with God's justice, namely the question: Why the way of the wicked prospers, why they that act faithlessly are in ease and comfort? On this cf. Job 21:7., where Job sets forth at length the contradiction between the prosperity of the wicked and the justice of God's providence. The way of the wicked is the course of their life, their conduct. God has planted them, i.e., has placed them in their circumstances of life; like a tree they have struck root into the ground; they go on, i.e., grow, and bear fruit, i.e., their undertakings succeed, although they have God in their mouth only, not in their heart. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge crieth out. or, yelleth. Heb. giveth out his voice. Jeremiah 51:38 They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps. therefore. Cross References Isaiah 59:13 transgressing, and denying the LORD, and turning back from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words. Ezekiel 23:18 When she carried on her whoring so openly and flaunted her nakedness, I turned in disgust from her, as I had turned in disgust from her sister. Hosea 9:15 Every evil of theirs is in Gilgal; there I began to hate them. Because of the wickedness of their deeds I will drive them out of my house. I will love them no more; all their princes are rebels. Amos 6:8 The Lord GOD has sworn by himself, declares the LORD, the God of hosts: "I abhor the pride of Jacob and hate his strongholds, and I will deliver up the city and all that is in it." Micah 2:8 But lately my people have risen up as an enemy; you strip the rich robe from those who pass by trustingly with no thought of war. Jump to Previous Crieth Forest Forth Hate Hated Heritage Inheritance Lion Raised Roared Roars Uttered Voice WoodlandJump to Next Crieth Forest Forth Hate Hated Heritage Inheritance Lion Raised Roared Roars Uttered Voice WoodlandLinks Jeremiah 12:8 NIVJeremiah 12:8 NLT Jeremiah 12:8 ESV Jeremiah 12:8 NASB Jeremiah 12:8 KJV Jeremiah 12:8 Bible Apps Jeremiah 12:8 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 12:8 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 12:8 French Bible Jeremiah 12:8 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |